Information Security

Definitions

European Definitions

Information Security is the protection of information against unauthorised disclosure, transfer, modification or destruction, whether accidental or intentional.

ECA

Information security: The set of processes and tools protecting physical and digital data from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, recording or destruction.

[BG] Кибератака: Опит за подкопаване или унищожаване на поверителността, целостта и наличието на данни или на компютърна система чрез киберпространството.

[CS] Bezpečnost informací: Soubor postupů a nástrojů chránících fyzické a digitální údaje před neoprávněným přístupem, použitím, zveřejněním, narušením, pozměněním, zaznamenáním nebo zničením.

[DE] Informationssicherheit: Reihe von Prozessen und Instrumenten zum Schutz von physischen und digitalen Daten vor Zugriff, Verwendung, Preisgabe, Störung, Änderung, Erfassung oder Zerstörung durch Unbefugte.

[DK] Informationssikkerhed: Det sæt af processer og værktøjer, der beskytter fysiske og digitale data mod uautoriseret adgang, anvendelse, videregivelse, afbrydelse, ændring, registrering eller ødelæggelse.

[ES] Seguridad de la información: Conjunto de procesos y herramientas que protegen los datos físicos y digitales del acceso no autorizado, el uso, la divulgación, la perturbación, la modificación, el registro o la destrucción.

[NE] Informatiebeveiliging: Een reeks processen en instrumenten voor de bescherming van fysieke en digitale gegevens tegen onbevoegd(e) toegang, gebruik, vrijgave, verstoring, wijziging, opname of vernietiging.

Other International Definitions

IAEA

Information security is the preservation of the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Note: In addition, other properties such as authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation and reliability can also be involved.

NATO

The protection of information against unauthorised disclosure, transfer, modification or destruction, whether accidental or intentional (INFOSEC).

United Nations

Information security is the protection of information systems against unauthorized access to or modification of information, whether in storage, processing or transit, and against the denial of service to authorized users or the provision of service to unauthorized users, including those measures necessary to detect, document, and counter such threats.

World Bank

Information security, refers to the practice of defending information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording or destruction.

In a computing context, the term security implies cybersecurity.

National Definitions

Albania

Siguria e informacionit, do të thotë sigurimi i konfidencialitetit, integritetit dhe disponueshmërisë së informacionit.

“Information Security” - means the provision of confidentiality, integrity and confidentiality availability of information.

Argentina

Seguridad: contemplas los requisitos de Integridad, Confidencialidad y Disponibilidad de las Aplicaciones, por ejemplo asegurando que las aplicaciones disponibles a través de redes de acceso público (ej.: Internet) no puedan ser alteradas en su contenido, infectadas con código ni susceptibles a vulnerabilidades derivadas de malas prácticas de desarrollo.

Australia

Information security (INFOSEC): All measures used to protect official information from compromise, loss of integrity or unavailability.

Austria

Information security or network security are umbrella terms for ICT security, referring to the entire relevant information of an organisation or an enterprise, including information that has not been processed electronically. Hence, it describes the entirety of characteristics of an organisation ensuring the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information.

Informationssicherheit / Netzwerksicherheit ist ein Überbegriff zu IKT-Sicherheit und bezieht sich auf alle relevanten Informationen einer Organisation oder eines Unternehmens einschließlich von nicht elektronisch verarbeiteten Informationen. Es bezeichnet somit die Summe der Eigenschaften einer Organisation, die dem Schutz der Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität der Informationen dienen.

Information may be available as spoken text, paper documents or other directly readable media or as electronically processed data in ICT systems.

Belarus

информационная безопасность – состояние защищенности сбалансированных интересов личности, общества и государства от внешних и внутренних угроз в информационной сфере.
(The state of the protection of balanced interests of the individual, society, and the state from external and internal threats in the information space)

Brazil

Segurança da Informação: proteção dos sistemas de informação contra a negação de serviço a usuários autorizados, assim como contra a intrusão, e a modificação desautorizada de dados ou informações, armazenados, em processamento ou em trânsito, abrangendo, inclusive, a segurança dos recursos humanos, da documentação e do material, das áreas e instalações das comunicações e computacional, assim como as destinadas a prevenir, detectar, deter e documentar eventuais ameaças a seu desenvolvimento.

Information Security is the protection of information systems against denial of service to authorised users, as well as against intrusion and unauthorised modification of data or information stored in processing or in transit, covering even the safety of human resources, documentation and material, of the areas and facilities of communications and computing, as well as to prevent, detect, deter and document any threats to its development.

Costa Rica

Seguridad de información: La protección de la información y sistemas de información del acceso, uso, divulgación, alteración, modificación o destrucción no autorizada, con el fin de garantizar la confidencialidad, integridad y disponibilidad.

Croatia

Informacijska sigurnost – stanje povjerljivosti, cjelovitosti i raspoloživosti podataka koje se postiže primjenom odgovarajućih sigurnosnih mjera.

Informacijska sigurnost – stanje povjerljivosti, cjelovitosti i raspoloživosti podataka koje se postiže primjenom odgovarajućih sigurnosnih mjera.

Information security is the state of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, which is achieved by implementation of stipulated information security measures and standards and by organisational support for jobs of planning, implementation, assessment and update of measures and standards.

Cuba

Seguridad de la información: Preservación de la confidencialidad, integridad y disponibilidad de la información.

Czech Republic

Bezpečnost informací: Zajištění (ochrana) důvěrnosti, integrity a dostupnosti informací.

Information security: Security (protection) of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Bezpečností informací zajištění důvěrnosti, integrity a dostupnosti informací.

Security (protection) of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Denmark

Informationssikkerhed er en bred betegnelse for de samlede for - anstaltninger til at sikre informationer i forhold til fortrolighed, integritet (ændring af data) og tilgængelighed. I arbejdet indgår blandt andet organisering af sikkerhedsarbejdet, påvirkning af adfærd, processer for behandling af data, styring af leverandører samt tekniske sikringsforanstaltninger.

Egypt

Information security: The protection of information against unauthorized disclosure, transfer, modification, or destruction, whether accidental or intentional.

Finland

Tietoturva, tietoturvallisuus: järjestelyt, joilla pyritään varmistamaan tiedon saatavuus, eheys ja luottamuksellisuus.

Information Security are arrangements aiming at ensuring the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information. -unofficial translation-

Tietoturvallisuus: Tietoturvallisuudella tarkoitetaan tietojen, palvelujen, järjestelmien ja tietoliikenteen suojaamista ja varmistamista niihin kohdistuvien riskien hallitsemiseksi kaikissa turvallisuustilanteissa hallinnollisilla, teknisillä ja muilla toimenpiteillä.

Information security refers to the administrative, technical and other measures that protect and secure information, services, systems and telecommunications and manage their risks in all security situations.

Tietoturvallisuus on myös asiantila, jossa tietojen, tietojärjestelmien ja tietoliikenteen luottamuksellisuuteen, eheyteen ja käytettävyyteen kohdistuvat uhkat eivät aiheuta merkittävää riskiä (Information security is also a condition in which threats against the confidentiality and integrity of information, information systems and telecommunications security do not pose a significant risk).

France

Information systems security: All technical and non-technical protective measures enabling an information system to withstand events likely to compromise the availability, integrity or confidentiality of stored, processed or transmitted data and of the related services that these systems offer or make accessible.

Sécurité des systèmes d’information: Ensemble des mesures techniques et non techniques de protection permettant à un système d’information de résister à des événements susceptibles de compromettre la disponibilité, l’intégrité ou la confidentialité des données stockées, traitées ou transmises et des services connexes que ces systèmes offrent ou qu’ils rendent accessibles.

Gambia

Information security: Preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

Germany

Informationssicherheit hat den Schutz von Informationen als Ziel. Dabei können Informationen sowohl auf Papier, in Rechnern oder auch in Köpfen gespeichert sein.

IT-Sicherheit (oder Informationssicherheit) ist die Unversehrtheit der Authentizität, Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit eines informationstechnischen Systems und der darin verarbeiteten und gespeicherten Daten. (2016)

IT security is the condition in which availability, integrity and confidentiality of information and Information Technology are ensured by appropriate safeguards.

Georgia

ინფორმაციული უსაფრთხოება – საქმიანობა, რომელიც იცავს ინფორმაციას და ინფორმაციულ სისტემებს მისაწვდომობის, ერთიანობის, აუთენტიფიკაციის, კონფიდენციალურობის და განგრძობადი მუშაობის უზრუნველყოფით.

Information security - an activity that protects information and information systems' access, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and the continuing of work.
(raw translation - CIPedia looks for a proper translation in English)

Guatemala

Seguridad de la información: La seguridad de la información garantiza la confidencialidad, disponibilidad e integridad de la información, por medio de la aplicación y gestión de controles apropiados que implican la consideración de una amplia gama de amenazas, con el objetivo de garantizar el éxito organizacional y la continuidad, minimizando las consecuencias de los incidentes de seguridad de la información. Fuente: ISO/IEC 27000:2016

Italy

Information Security: Often complex security measures to ensure integrity, confidentiality and availability of information classified as state secret or blankets and related information and communication systems, for example through user authentication.

It includes the necessary safeguards to detect and counter intrusions.

Jamaica

Information security is the protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.

Note: The terms information security, computer security and information assurance are understood for these purposes as being interchangeable.

Japan

Information security is to make the IT infrastructure as to be "truly reliable and rigid” concerning 1) sustainable development through the use of IT, 2) achievement higher quality of life of people through the use of IT, 3) security against the threats related to the use of IT.

Jordan

Information Security (InfoSec) is the practice of defending information from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, perusal, inspection, recording, or destruction. Information Security is a general term that can be used regardless of the form that the data may take (e.g. electronic, physical, etc.)

أِٓ اٌّؼٍىِبد ---- ٓخسعخص كٔخ٣ش حُٔؼِٓٞخص ٖٓ حُذخٍٞ ٝحالعظخذحّ ٝحإلكظخف ٝحُ٘شش ٝحُظؼذَ٣ ٝحُظللض ٝحُظلون ٝحُظغـَ٤ أٝ حإلطالف ؿ٤ش حُٔشخض. أٖٓ حُٔؼِٓٞخص ٞٛ ٓظطِق ػخّ ٌٖٔ٣ حعظخذحٚٓ رظشف حُ٘ظش ػٖ شٌَ حُز٤خٗخص عٞحء ًخٗض ِٞٔٓعش أٝ اٌُظش٤ٗٝش أٝ ؿ٤شٛخ

Kuwait

Information security is focused on protecting specific individual systems and the information within organizations. The model for information security defines three objectives: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.

Macedonia

Информациска безбедност Информациска безбедност - состојбата на доверливост, интегритет и достапност на информации, постигната со примена на соодветни безбедносни мерки.

Malta

Information Security Subset of cyber security that covers the principles of confidentiality, integrity and availability of stored or transmitted data.

Mongolia

Information security means the situation where conditions are ensured for the Government to assess objectively the country’s actual internal and external situation and make correct decisions, for government organs and the people to have the necessary information for the exercise of their powers and rights provided by the Constitution and for the dissemination abroad of information about Mongolia.

Montenegro

Informaciona bezbjednost podrazumijeva stanje povjerljivosti, cjelovitosti i dostupnosti podataka. Informaciona bezbjednost se fokusira na podatke bez obzira na njihovu formu: elektronski, štampani ili drugi oblici podataka.

Information security means the condition of confidentiality, integrity and availability of data. Information security focuses on data, regardless of their form: electronic, print or other forms of data.

Netherlands

Cyber Security Centre

Informatiebeveiliging is het proces van het vaststellen van de vereiste betrouwbaarheid van informatiesystemen in termen van vertrouwelijkheid, beschikbaarheid en integriteit, alsmede het treffen, onderhouden en controleren van een samenhangend pakket van bijbehorende maatregelen.

NEN-ISO

Informatiebeveiliging is het behouden van de vertrouwelijkheid, integriteit en beschikbaarheid van informatie. (NEN-ISO/IEC-27001& 27002)

• Integriteit is de eigenschap dat de nauwkeurigheid en volledigheid van bedrijfsmiddelen wordt beveiligd.
• Vertrouwelijkheid is de eigenschap dat informatie niet beschikbaar wordt gesteld of wordt ontsloten aan onbevoegde personen, entiteiten of processen.
• Beschikbaarheid is het kenmerk dat iets toegankelijk en bruikbaar is op verzoek van een bevoegde entiteit.
  

National security

Informatiebeveiliging is dat gedeelte van de beveiliging dat betrekking heeft op de verwerking van Bijzondere Informatie in ICT-systemen en netwerken.

Bijzondere Informatie wordt onderscheiden in Staatsgeheimen en in niet-Staatsgeheime Bijzondere Informatie. Er is sprake van een Staatsgeheim als het belang van de Staat of zijn bondgenoten in het geding is en indien kennisname door niet-gerechtigden kan leiden tot schade aan deze belangen. Er is sprake van niet-Staatsgeheime Bijzondere Informatie indien kennisname door nietgerechtigden kan leiden tot nadeel aan het belang van één of meer ministeries.

NEN 7510 - Health sector

Informatiebeveiliging Behoud van de beschikbaarheid, integriteit en vertrouwelijkheid (BIV) van informatie. (NEN 7510)

• Integriteit is hierbij de eigenschap van nauwkeurigheid en volledigheid.
• Vertrouwelijkheid is hierbij de eigenschap dat informatie niet beschikbaar of niet bekend wordt gemaakt aan onbevoegde personen, entiteiten of processen.
• Beschikbaarheid is hierbij de eigenschap van het toegankelijk en bruikbaar zijn op verzoek van een bevoegde entiteit.
  

Other

Information security is taking and maintaining a coherent set of measures to guarantee the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information.

Het treffen en onderhouden van een samenhangend pakket aan maatregelen om de beschikbaarheid, integriteit en vertrouwelijkheid te borgen.

Informatiebeveiliging is het proces van vaststellen van de vereiste kwaliteit van informatie(systemen) in termen van vertrouwelijkheid, beschikbaarheid, integriteit, onweerlegbaarheid en controleerbaarheid alsook het treffen, onderhouden en controleren van een samenhangend packet van bijbehorende (fysieke, organisatorische en logische) beveiligingsmaatregelen.

Norway

Cyber security has to do with protecting “everything” that is vulnerable because it is connected to or otherwise dependent on information and communication technology. The term is used synonymously with the terms “ICT security” and “digital security”.

Digital sikkerhet handler om beskyttelse av «alt» som er sårbart fordi det er koblet til eller på annen måte avhengig av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi. Brukes synonymt med begrepene IKT-sikkerhet og cybersikkerhet.

IKT-sikkerhet: Hvordan elektroniske nettverk og systemer som behandler data eller kommuniserer med hverandre, og som virksomhetene er avhengig av for å fungere effektivt, skal beskyttes.

ICT security is how business-critical electronic networks and systems that process data or communicate with each other are protected.

Philippines

Information security is the protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Information Security: A set of strategies for managing the processes, tools and policies necessary to prevent, detect, document and counter threats to digital and nondigital information.

Portugal

[Definição] INFOSEC: A aplicação de medidas de segurança para proteger a informação processada, armazenada ou transmitida em Sistemas de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicações contra a perda de confidencialidade, integridade ou disponibilidade, acidental ou intencional, e para prevenir a perda de integridade ou disponibilidade dos sistemas.

[Definição] Segurança da Informação: Proteção dos sistemas de informação contra o acesso ou a modificação não autorizados da informação, durante o seu armazenamento, processamento ou transmissão, e contra a negação de serviço a utilizadores autorizados ou o fornecimento de serviço a utilizadores não autorizados, incluindo as medidas necessárias para detetar, documentar e contrariar tais ameaças.

Russian Federation

информационная безопасность Российской Федерации (далее - информационная безопасность) - состояние защищенности личности, общества и государства от внутренних и внешних информационных угроз, при котором обеспечиваются реализация конституционных прав и свобод человека и гражданина, достойные качество и уровень жизни граждан, суверенитет, территориальная целостность и устойчивое социально-экономическое развитие Российской Федерации, оборона и безопасность государства

(raw translation) Information security of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - information security) - the state of protection of the individual, society and state from internal and external IT threats, which provide realisation of constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen, decent quality and standard of living of citizens, sovereignty, territorial integrity and sustainable socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, the defense and security of the state.

информационная безопасность – состояние защищенности личности, организации и государства и их интересов от угроз, деструктивных и иных негативных воздействий в информационном пространстве

Information security (raw translation): the state of protection of the individual, the organization and the state and their interests from threats, destructive and other negative impacts in the information space.

Serbia

информациона безбедност представља скуп мера које омогућавају да подаци којима се рукује путем ИКТ система буду заштићени од неовлашћеног приступа, као и да се заштити интегритет, расположивост, аутентичност и непорецивост тих података, да би тај систем функционисао како је предвиђено, када је предвиђено и под контролом овлашћених лица.

Sierra Leone

Information Security – a set of practices designed to keep personal data secure from unauthorised access and alteration during storing or transmitting from one place to another.

Switzerland

Information security / ICT security: Information security (or ICT security) is the intactness of the authenticity, confidentiality, integrity and availability of an information and communication technology system and the data processed and stored therein.

Informationssicherheit / IKT-Sicherheit: Informationssicherheit (oder IKT-Sicherheit) ist die Unversehrtheit der Authentizität, Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit eines informations- und kommunikationstechnischen Systems und der darin verarbeiteten und gespeicherten Daten.

Sécurité de l’information / sécurité informatique: La sécurité de l’information (ou sécurité informatique) vise à garantir l’authenticité, la confidentialité, l’intégrité et la disponibilité des données traitées par un système d’information et de communication ou enregistrées dans celui-ci.

Sicurezza delle informazioni/ Sicurezza delle TIC: La sicurezza delle informazioni (o sicurezza delle TIC) è data dalla garanzia dell’autenticità, della confidenzialità, dell’integrità e della accessibilità di un sistema TIC e dei dati che vengono elaborati e salvati in questo sistema.

Uganda

Information security is the protection information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification or destruction.

Ukraine

“information security” must be understood as the kind of protection of a State’s information space that allows the attainment of its national interests and observance of the rights of the individual, society and the State.

United States

FISMA

Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide - (A) integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information nonrepudiation and authenticity; (B) confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information; and (C) availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.

NIST

Information security is protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide
(A) integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction, and includes ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity;
(B) confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information; and
(C) availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information. [44 U.S.C., Sec. 3542].

The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An embedded, integral part of the enterprise architecture that describes the structure and behavior for an enterprise’s security processes, information security systems, personnel and organizational subunits, showing their alignment with the enterprise’s mission and strategic plans.

Uruguay

Seguridad informática: Conjunto de medidas preventivas y reactivas que tienen como objetivo mantener la confidencialidad, disponibilidad e integridad de la información soportada en medios informáticos.

Vanuatu

Information Security (IS): often referred to as InfoSec, refers to the processes and tools designed and deployed to protect sensitive business information from modification, disruption, destruction, and inspection.

Regional Definitions

Isle of Man

Information Security: the preservation, confidentiality, integrity and availability of information; other properties such as authenticity, accountability and non-repudiation may be involved.

Tamil Nadu

Information Security Management deals with the planning, implementation and continuous Security controls and measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Information Assets and its associated Information Systems.

Other Definitions

East-West Institute (Russia-US)

Cybersecurity is a property of cyber space that is an ability to resist intentional and unintentional threats and respond and recover.

Кибербезопасность: свойство (киберпространства, иберсистемы), противостоять, намеренным и/или, ненамеренным угрозам, а также, реагировать на них и, восстанавливаться после воздействия этих угроз.

Standard Definition

ISO/IEC 27000:2014

Preservation of confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. In addition, other properties, such as authenticity, accountability, non-repudiation, and reliability can also be involved.

IETF

Information Security: measures that implement and assure security services in information systems, including in computer systems and in communication systems.

Dictionary

Informatiebeveiliging: Alles wat men doet om ervoor te zorgen dat men bij informatie kan komen wanneer men dat wil, dat de informatie klopt en dat de informatie niet bij anderen terecht komt. Het gaat daarbij vaak om een computersysteem, maar dat hoeft niet. Het gaat om maatregelen, procedures en processen die beveiligingsproblemen voorkomen, opsporen, onderdrukken en oplossen. Ontstaat er wel een probleem met de informatie? Dan zorgt informatiebeveiliging ervoor dat de gevolgen zoveel mogelijk beperkt worden.